Published August 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Cold pressor induced changes in regional left ventricular wall motion: Specific but insensitive for coronary artery disease

  • 1. Glasgow Univ. (UK). Dept. of Medicine
  • 2. Glasgow Univ. (UK). Dept. of Medical Cardiology
  • 3. Glasgow Univ. (UK). Dept. of Nuclear Medicine

Description

The incidence of new regional abnormalities of left ventricular wall motion induced by a peripheral cold stimulus has been examined in 75 patients who all underwent coronary arteriography. When analysis was carried out from a cine loop display a new wall motion abnormality had a sensitivity of 12% and a specificity of 100% for coronary artery disease. From stroke volume images the sensitivity was 35% and the specificity 87%. It is concluded that cold pressor induced wall motion changes are too insensitive to be a useful method of screening for coronary artery disease. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Eur. J. Nucl. Med.
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
8
Series
CODEN: EJNMD.;Eur. J. Nucl. Med.
Journal Page Range
359-361
ISSN
0340-6997